Halle Berry's highs and lows

Halle Berry received her first big break in the film world in 1991 when she starred as a drug addict named Vivian in "Jungle Fever." The film was directed by Spike Lee, but Halle almost didn't get the part. She told W Magazine, "Spike wanted me to read for the part of [Wesley Snipe's] wife and I read that part fine enough, but then I said to Spike, 'You know I really am eyeing this crack ho role, can you please let me audition for that?' And he said, 'No, no I don't see you as the crack ho.' I said, 'I am the crack ho. Really deep down I'm the crack ho!' And he was like, 'No, I don't see it.' And I said, 'Let me go in the bathroom, wash all this makeup off; you will see I am the crack ho.'" Luckily for Halle, he believed in her after she washed that makeup right off.

Halle Berry received her first big break in the film world in 1991 when she starred as a drug addict named Vivian in "Jungle Fever." The film was directed by Spike Lee, but Halle almost didn't get the part. She told W Magazine, "Spike wanted me to read for the part of [Wesley Snipe's] wife and I read that part fine enough, but then I said to Spike, 'You know I really am eyeing this crack ho role, can you please let me audition for that?' And he said, 'No, no I don't see you as the crack ho.' I said, 'I am the crack ho. Really deep down I'm the crack ho!' And he was like, 'No, I don't see it.' And I said, 'Let me go in the bathroom, wash all this makeup off; you will see I am the crack ho.'" Luckily for Halle, he believed in her after she washed that makeup right off.